G A White's recommendation of the teel [til] plant as a cure for dysentry
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Concerning G A White's recommendation of Sesamum Orientale [Sesamum Indicum] - the common teel [til] plant - as a cure for dysentery. Contains details of trials at the Mayo Native Hospital Calcutta and Calcutta Medical College; case descriptions; and comparisons with other treatments.
Comparative statements of vaccination operations for 1866-75
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pp 175-207 Comaparative statements showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated, and the number of those persons successfully vaccinated, for the years 1866-1875 in: Assam Province; Madras Presidency; Bombay Presidency; the Lower Bengal Provinces; the North-Western Provinces; the Punjab; ...
Dr Beauperthey's treatment of leprosy with cashewnut oil
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pp 215-249 Reports on the trials of Dr Beauperthey's cashewnut oil treatment regimen for leprosy, conducted across various medical institutions: the Madras Leper Hospital, Calcutta Leper Asylum, Jail Leper Hosptial Burdwan, Taran Taran Leper Asylum, Bulrampur Hospital, and Rangoon Jail Hospital...
Report on the remedy proposed by Dr Declat, of Paris, for the bite of poisonous snakes
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p 411-14. Report by Dr A J Wall, of the Snake Poison Commission, on Dr Declat's proposal to treat snake bites wth carbolic or phenic acid in the form of a "phenate d'ammoniaque". The appendix details seven experiments with carbolic acid, testing the remedy on dogs injected with cobra venom.
Supply of Hospital Assistants for the Civil Department
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pp 967-1259. Correspondence regarding the supply of hospital assistants to the Civil Department. Includes statistics on the distribtion of staff throughout the establishment; comments on examinations and educational requirements; details of syllabuses and the composition of lectures; and discuss...
Report on the physiological effects of the poisons of the Naja Trupudians and the Daboia Russellii
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Report by Surgeon A J Wall, member of the Snake Commission, recounting in detail a snake-bite incident described in the Indian Medical Gazette (Oct 1873), and 39 experiments upon animals conducted to ascertain the effects of cobra and daboia poison upon the nervous sytem; respiration; circulatio...